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Marl

//mɑːl// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. countable, uncountable

    "... uneasie steps / Over the burning Marle, not like those steps / On Heavens Azure..."

  2. 2
    A species of bandicoot, Perameles myosurus, of southern Western Australia. Australia
  3. 3
    a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with the earthy substance called marl. transitive
  2. 2
    To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English marle, from Old French marle, from Late Latin margila, diminutive of marga (“marl”). Doublet of marla.

Etymology 2

From Middle English marle, from Old French marle, from Late Latin margila, diminutive of marga (“marl”). Doublet of marla.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Nyunga maarl.

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